RT Journal Article SR Electronic T1 SIMBA as an alternative and/or an adjunct to pre-medical work experience during the COVID-19 pandemic JF Future Healthcare Journal JO Future Healthc J FD Royal College of Physicians SP e142 OP e145 DO 10.7861/fhj.2020-0219 VO 8 IS 1 A1 Nia Evans A1 Meri Davitadze A1 Arjun Narendran A1 Seren Evans A1 Lucretia Thomas A1 Parisha Blaggan A1 Eka Melson A1 Punith Kempegowda YR 2021 UL http://www.rcpjournals.org/content/8/1/e142.abstract AB Work experience is considered as a vital part of an application to medical school and other healthcare-related educational programmes. Gaining clinical work experience via various previously available opportunities from healthcare centres has currently become more challenging and less accessible due to the COVID-19 pandemic-related limitations and resource shortages. In order to provide experience in the healthcare field, we conducted a case study by inviting two secondary school students to participate in Simulation via Instant Messaging –Birmingham Advance (SIMBA) as moderators. Despite no previous clinical knowledge, they found it accessible and to be an excellent alternative to the more traditional types of work experience, which had become unavailable to them. We, therefore, propose SIMBA can act as an alternative and/or an adjunct to work experience for healthcare-related courses.